Category: Science Communication

CSPO Professor of Practice Gregg Zachary’s cover story in IEEE Spectrum launches a new public crusade: Engineering needs more heroes. <img class="alignright wp-image-586 size-medium" src="https://cspo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/supergirl-illumistrations1-343×530.jpg" alt="Supergirl-illumistrations" width="343" height="530" srcset="https://cspo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/supergirl-illumistrations1-343×530.jpg 343w, https://cspo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/supergirl-illumistrations1-207×320.jpg 207w, https://cspo.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/supergirl-illumistrations1 collaboration tools for business.jpg 400w” sizes=”(max-width: 343px)…

Arizona State University President Michael Crow and Dan Sarewitz, Co-Director of ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, hosted a free screening of director Terry Gilliam’s cult classic Brazil. Held at the Landmark E Street Cinema in downtown Washington, DC,…

Photo courtesy of Peter Lafford Emerge 2014 featured a variety of carefully constructed artistic objects, all manifestations of higher philosophical thought regarding art, science, culture and the individual. Among these objects, was the sand mandala, created collectively by trained Buddhist…

Normally home to world-class physicists, Canada’s Perimeter Institute also plays host to another high-caliber gathering of thought leaders, change makers, and young visionaries, the Equinox Summit. The 2013 Summit, underway from September 28th – October 3rd, 2013, is focused on…

Video 5: Light Switch This is Video 5 of a seven part series. Click for Video 1, Video 2,  Video 3 and Video 4. About the videos: To be an informed citizen one must not only follow the obvious social…

This is Video 1 of a 7 video series. Check back for the rest.  Video 1: Three Big Ideas.  About the videos: To be an informed citizen one must not only follow the obvious social issues like taxes, international relations,…

By Daniel Sarewitz, Click here for a previous entry on museums. The Enola Gay is quite beautiful, in a sort of 1950s-futuristic way:  restored to mint condition, it is all shiny aluminum and glass, sleek and efficient.  It hangs from…

By Keith D. Hjelmstad This talk was part of a panel entitled “Nerd talk, geek speak, and the challenges of 21st century knowledge silos” held at Arizona State University on October 1, 2012, and hosted by the Center for Science…